On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I'm not sure which culture is "our" culture,
In this context, it would be all the west-european, canadian, australian, nz, usa, ... mostly that.
It also seems to me that hacker culture uses lots of terms tongue-in-cheek, and that a reference to Mongolian hordes may even be, in some folks' minds, a jab at the Westerners who coined the term.
Man. I just said. "Mongolian horde" is a term most likely coined by Mongolian hordes. The term has been adapted to fit many languages and eventually reached English.
Americans today make ironic references to the "Axis of Evil" and the "war on terror" and "homeland security" all the time. It doesn't mean they buy it, even if the media makes it seem that way.
Yeah but why do they still vote for one of the two big parties?
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